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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Arte Montmartre

Peter of Peter's Paris was kind enough to lead today's jaunt. He's lived in Paris for 30+ years so he should know the way. We're at Place de Tertre, group, where the street painters hang out... We will zig-zag around since this is strictly an armchair endeavor. This is the famous fruit stand from the movie, Amelie...Amelie's cafe des 2 Moulin is under renovation.Sorry group :(

But the Moulin Rouge is not! Here Hector Guimard's fab original arte nouveau metro at Place des Abbesses. Please give the accordian player a coin or two.. Please note the "M" for Metro woven into the design, group. You will be tested later, so I hope you're taking copious notes!

Just a few of the stairs going down that you won't have to climb today...

31 comments:

I can see that you were more fascinated by the graffiti than the rest! Understandable! Also nice to know that your aquarelles can beat anything that is produced or sold at Place de Tertre! Now I’m waiting to see your paintings of the small corners that you don’t show in this post! I know that they will come! (Thanks for a nice day together!) :-)

I've climbed those steps and seen those views at 6.00 am. We were on the way back from a holiday in Provence and stopped for a cafe creme near the Gare du Nord. Seeing Sacre Coeur at 6.00 am when we had Paris to ourselves was fantastic.

Hi Carol,I too, am in Paris and just wanted to say that I always enjoy your photos, remarks and tours. We live in Tiburon, about 60% of the year, but divide our time in Paris, two and 1/2 months in the spring and fall.Bravo! Please Continue...Kimberley

This was wonderful....I "almost" felt I was on the tour with you! BTW, I am finally planning a trip to Paris (1st time) around my birthday in September. I'm tired of waiting on any friends who might join me and I know I have enough on my list to keep me busy when I get there. Perhaps I will enlist Peter to take me on a tour!Ont une très belle journée!

Thanks to this one post, I discovered two new things. One, I've studied countless pics of Guimard's Metro architecture and never noticed the embedded "M" and Two, never knew about the view from Sacre Coeur. Thanks for these pieces of my vicarious puzzle, and also for the landmark pics (love "Amelie"), a new Metro entrance (never saw that one), and the graffiti shots (makes me feel like I'm actually discovering the unseen Paris). Long comment, but if you weren't so prolific... And finally: Love canines, but am happy to see a feline has finally made the cut!

Thanks for the tour carole! I felt like I was back in Paris - hmmm, maybe, just maybe, if I saved enough money and stopped buying clothes...oh, who am I kidding? I am convincing my bf to move there with me in 2012 though so that's something!

Those look like the steps outside a Montmartre hostel I stayed in once...some lady fell down the stairs and was screaming her head. So scary!

Delightful. I , also , love the glass bead metro entrance over where Colette lived in her later years. Off what I call the circus plaza with all the black and gray risers.I see the weather has changed and you've lost those brilliant blue skies.xxxx

NO school on Wednesdays in France. Those kids are probably from a "centre de loisirs" (= leisure centre).They must have been busy making/decorating butterflies to celebrate Spring - which they could not do before at the Centre ....Marie-Noëlle

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